1. AREA of STUDY 4 Setwork CAPERCAILLIE SKYE WAULKING SONG

2. KEYWORDS- can you define them? Pentatonic Vocables Oral Tradition Scots Gaelic Strophic Bouzouki

3. Waulking is part of traditional cloth- making

4. You would sing this as you worked

5. Capercaillie are a modern folk band and this is from their album of 200O NADURRA

6. So what are the main facts about this extract? Melody uses PENTATONIC scale The song is in 2 sections Timesignature is 6/8 but some parts feels like 3/4- a sense of cross rhythms Polyrhythmic texture Lyrics are in SCOTS GAELIC STROPHIC structure which means 2 verses and 2 inserts Uses vocables- these are nonsense syllables- everyone joins in with these

7. What about the instruments? Can you name them?

8. The pipes- a common instrument in Scottish folk music

9. The accordian – typical in UK folk music

10. A bouzouki-traditionally from Greece but used in this song

11. The tin whistle..

12. SECTION 1 Traditional Feel E minor and chords change between E minor and G major Quiet calm Main focus is on the singer

13. SECTION 2 Full rhythm section play In G major Louder Has a pipe solo Backing vocals in harmony